"We're not second-class citizens," said one banner held aloft at a rally in Frankfurt, where a large microchip factory faces closure.

"Old Kohl stinks," read one banner held aloft by protesters at the Labor Office in Nuremberg.

Glinting ancestor icons were held aloft beside fluttering standards of deep reds and blues, amongst mem the towering banner of Zhufbar held by Hengrid.

Over us the bloodstained banner Of tyranny holds sway!

Of course, he would rather go out with his banner held high, not dragging in the dust.

"Break down the wall of omerta," said one handwritten banner held aloft by a group of young women.

A rider broke away from the foremost troops, white banner held aloft.

The banner held three battle streamers; one, Sentinius, might be an embarrassment under the circumstances, but most of Rick's units had been there and were proud of it.

And it was no coincidence that the banners held aloft at Mrs. Clinton's arrival were adorned not with national emblems but with hastily crayoned flowers and doves.

"Mother Moscow: We want to be orphans," declared a banner held aloft by cheering protesters as they streamed along the city's main street, the Kreshchatik.